Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_beautiful-isle-of-somewhere_harold-jarvis-pounds-fearis_gbia0004480a
https://archive.org/details/78_beautiful-isle-of-somewhere_harold-jarvis-pounds-fearis_gbia0014173a
https://archive.org/details/78_beautiful-isle-of-somewhere_pounds-fearis-harold-jarvis_gbia0000400a
Publication Date
1901
Lyrics
Somewhere the sun is shining,
Somewhere the songbirds dwell;
Hush, then, thy sad repining;
God lives, and all is well.
(Refrain)
Somewhere,
Somewhere,
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere!
Land of the true, where we live anew
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere!
Men's Voices
Somewhere the sun is shining,
Somewhere the songbirds dwell;
Hush, then, thy sad repining;
God lives, lives and all is well.
(to Refrain)
Somewhere the day is longer,
Somewhere the task is done;
Somewhere the heart is stronger,
Somewhere the guer donwon
(to Refrain)
Somewhere the load is lifted,
Close by an open gate;
Somewhere the clouds are rifted,
Somewhere the angles wait.
(to Refrain)
Women's Voices
Somewhere the sun is shining,
Somewhere the songbirds dwell;
Hush, then, thy sad repining;
God lives, lives and all is well.
(to Refrain)
Somewhere the day is longer,
Somewhere the task is done;
Somewhere the heart is stronger,
Somewhere the guer donwon
(to Refrain)
Somewhere the load is lifted,
Close by an open gate;
Somewhere the clouds are rifted,
Somewhere the angles wait.
(to Refrain)
Recommended Citation
Pounds, Jessie Brown and Fearis, John Sylvester, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" (1901). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 141.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/141
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Music by John Sylvester Fearis
Words by Jessie Brown Pounds
Published by E.O. Excell Chicago, Fine Arts Building, Michigan Avenue
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